{"id":80862,"date":"2021-05-18T17:02:16","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T16:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=80862"},"modified":"2021-05-18T17:02:16","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T16:02:16","slug":"labour-strike-in-kaduna-pgf-wants-el-rufai-nlc-to-sheath-swords-return-to-negotiating-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/labour-strike-in-kaduna-pgf-wants-el-rufai-nlc-to-sheath-swords-return-to-negotiating-table\/","title":{"rendered":"Labour strike in Kaduna: PGF wants el- Rufai, NLC to sheath swords, return to negotiating table"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) has called on the governor of Kaduna state and the leadership of the\u00a0Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to stop flexing muscles and return to the negotiating table for the good of the Nigerian workers.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>PGF said it has been following unfolding development between the NLC and Kaduna State Government over the issue of rightsizing Local Government employees with deep concerns.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The PGF chairman,\u00a0Governor Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, in a statement said, &#8220;Noting all the challenges facing all our states, especially given dwindling revenue, we appeal to all patriotic Nigerians, including the NLC, to demonstrate more commitment toward engaging governments at all levels to address problems. This is not the time for muscle flexing.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;Nigerians are already overstretched with many challenges. At this critical point of our democratic journey, there cannot be limits to engagement between all governments and citizens. Every step must be therefore taken to resolve the current faceup between Kaduna State Government and NLC. We appeal to both the State Government and NLC to return to the negotiating table.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;In particular, we want to appeal to the NLC leadership to recognise that the burden of leadership at this point is more about responding to challenges based on the honest disposition of correcting past mistakes.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;As Progressive Governors, we share the vision of Kaduna State Government of reforming all our Local Governments to make them more efficient and consequently the pivot of critical development initiatives.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;At the same time, we want to appeal to Kaduna State Government under the leadership of our colleague, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai to take all the necessary step to ensure the resolution all disagreements in the larger interest of citizens in Kaduna State.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;We are confident that both Kaduna State Government and NLC will resolve all outstanding issues and restore industrial harmony in Kaduna State&#8221;, he said.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) has called on the governor of Kaduna state and the leadership of the\u00a0Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to stop flexing muscles and return to the negotiating&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":80859,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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